Replete Taotie
1700-1820
Height: 4.9cm
Mouth/lip: 0.62/1.55cm
Stopper: tourmaline; silver collar.
Provenance:
Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 1 November 1995, Lot 1006
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.
Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection, Hong Kong
Flawless white nephrite; of compressed form, well hollowed, with a flat lip and recessed, flat oval foot surrounded by a protruding, flat, oval footrim; the narrow sides carved with mask-and-ring handles.
